Please review the attached media release for the full announcement:
Several communities and organizations in Lincoln County recently received the NOAA TsunamiReady and StormReady recertification. NOAA’s National Weather Service programs are voluntary community preparedness programs to promote tsunami and weather readiness in a community with the primary goal of improving public safety. It uses a grassroots approach to help communities develop plans to handle local severe weather, wave impacts, flooding threats, and help communities inform citizens of threats associated with each hazard.
The following communities were recertified as TsunamiReady and StormReady in June of 2019:
**City of Lincoln City received their recertification in March of 2017
The following organizations were recertified as TsunamiReady Supporters in June of 2019:
The following organizations received new designation as TsunamiReady Supporter in June 2019:
Virginia "Jenny" Demaris
Emergency Manager
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Emergency Management
225 W. Olive St.
Newport, Oregon 97365
vdemaris@co.lincoln.or.us
(541) 265-4199 Office